Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷeltā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

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Noun

*gʷeltā f

grass

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷeltā	*gʷeltai	*gʷeltās
vocative	*gʷeltā	*gʷeltai	*gʷeltās
accusative	*gʷeltam	*gʷeltai	*gʷeltāms
genitive	*gʷeltās	*gʷeltous	*gʷeltom
dative	*gʷeltāi	*gʷeltābom	*gʷeltābos
locative	*gʷeltai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*gʷeltābim	*gʷeltābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwellt
- Old Breton: guelt
  - Breton: gwelt, geot
- Cornish: gwels
- Middle Welsh: gwellt
  - Welsh: gwellt
Old Irish: gelt
- Irish: geilt (“grazing”)
- ⇒ Middle Irish: ingelt
  - Irish: innilt

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